Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotes
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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Author Details:
Type:
Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Quotes
Year of Birth:
35
Year of Death:
95
Nationality:
Roman
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Related Authors:
Confucius
Friedrich Nietzsche
Socrates
Aristotle
Lao Tzu
Deepak Chopra
Sun Tzu
Plato
Karl Marx
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Select Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotations:
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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Quote Keywords:

Fear,
Fortune,
Future,
Present,
Than,
Worse
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Dictionary Links:

Fear,
Fortune,
Future,
Present,
Than,
Worse
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All Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotations:
A laugh costs too much when...
A laugh, if purchased at the...
Everything that has a beginning comes...
Fear of the future is worse...
For it would have been better...
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when...
God, that all-powerful Creator of...
He who speaks evil only differs...
In almost everything, experience is more...
It is fitting that a liar...
It seldom happens that a premature...
Men, even when alone, lighten their...
Nothing is more dangerous to men...
Our minds are like our stomaches...
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon...
The gifts of nature are infinite...
The perfection of art is to...
The pretended admission of a fault...
The prosperous can not easily form...
Those who wish to appear wise...
Though ambition in itself is a...
To swear, except when necessary, is...
Vain hopes are like certain dreams...
We excuse our sloth under the...
We must form our minds by...
Where evil habits are once settled...
While we are examining into everything...
While we are making up our...
Whilst we deliberate how to begin...
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